Gerhard schagen



(No Model.)

. G. SCHAGEN.

WRITING PEN.

No. 530,604. Patented Deo. 11, 18914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicEa GERHARD SCHAGEN, OF ESOHWEILER, ASSIGNOR TO MAX HEYMANN, OF AIX-LA-OHAPELLE, GERMANY.

WRITING-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,604, dated December 11, 1894.

" Application filed October 12, 1894. Serial No. 525,710. (No model.) Patented in England April 5, 1894, No. 6,824, and in Austria April 17. 1894l No. L11i/1,040.

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, GERHARD SCHAGEN, book-keeper, a citizen of the GermanEmpire, and aresident of Eschweiler, inthe Kingdom 5 of Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in Writing- Pens,of which the following isa specification. My invention relates to improvements in writing-pens. 1o The new pen represented in the accompa-` nying drawings possesses as compared with those hitherto in use the advantage that it takes up a greater quantity of ink whereby the great waste of time involved in frequent I5 dipping of the pen into the inkstand is materially diminished and at the same time a greater speed in writing is attained and greater durability in the pen'. Moreover the risk of dropping blots from the pen is entirely zo done away with by this invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of my improved pen; Fig. 2, a top view,and Fig. 3 a side view of the same. This improvement in the pen consists in a 2 5 tongue a (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) which, forming an integral part of the pen lies parallel to its back at a little distance therefrom and extends nearly to its point. This tongue is stamped out of the back part of the body of 3o the pen which is inserted in the pen-holder and bent forward into the position shown in Figs. l and 3. The notch b at the end of the tongue which lies over the pointed part of the pen allows to slit its point in the ordinary manner, as the tongue during the process of 35 fabrication must be bent over before the point of the pen has been split. Owing to this disposition the ink is taken u'p and retained in greater quantity in the space between the tongue and the back of the pen, by capillary 4o attraction gradually flowing thence during use. i

l Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 45 In a writing-pen a tongue a formed in one piece with the pen, being stamped out of the back part of its body and bent over forward so as to lie parallel with its back at a short distance therefrom,this tongue which extends 5o nearly to the point of the pen being provided at the end with a notch b lying over the slit point of the pen, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as- 55 my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

.GERHARD SCHAGEN.

Witnesses:

MAX HEYMANN,

JOHN HECKMANNS. 

